Step 18: Final Touches

Step 19: Above & Beyond

Congrats! You are now completed the RoboBrrd construction. Now it is time to take it to the next level. What will you do with your RoboBrrd? In the 2n...

RoboBrrd is an robot / animatronic character whose purpose morphs to mirror that of the virtual world. It is designed to be used as a tangible real world interface to virtual world learning applications. As a standalone robot, RoboBrrd is an entertaining platform that can be used to learn about robotics, Arduino, circuits, and programming.

This Instructable will guide you through creating a RoboBrrd- all the way from the circuits to programming to the felt decorations. We will also include reasoning behind our design choices to further enlighten the Instructable.

Here is what a FIRST Lego League team coach (Eaglesnest Robotics) had to say about RoboBrrd:

"We are so excited about this [RoboBrrd] project. What a great way to introduce microcontrollers to our young roboticist. We so appreciate all the work you are doing to make Robotbrrd a great activity for our students. [...] Our goal is to grab their imaginations and run with them. Hopefully after building this project, they will not only want to learn more about programming and buidling robots but create inventions of their own. Thank you so much for helping Eaglesnest Robotics accomplish this task. We hope to create future engineers and Scientist, and also students who are like yourself."

With that said, read on to the next step for the inspiration, motivation, and future of RoboBrrd. Or you can jump right into the build on Step 2! Happy RoboBrrd’ing!

We really appreciate your efforts on this project . I assure you that we will give it our best to become one of your first prototyes. When our Robotbrrd is complete we will post up what we have. As an instructor and teacher at Eaglesnest Robotics Learning Academy, I am proud that this activity will be entered into our curriculum and used to teach many of our students how to program and construct a robot. Thank you for your efforts. Our Vote is in.

Sean LewisEaglesnest Roboticswww.eaglesnestrobotics.com"Exploring Young minds through Science and Technology."

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Hi ! I really love your project. I'm trying to make a Robobrrd but it's not easy to find the different parts in France. Could you give me more details about them ( references for the electronics and circuits). Thanks a lot!! And once again : BRAVO !

There's a problem with two of the images for the bottom face. The thumbnails are present, but when you click on them, they are "not found". The missing images contain the dimensions for the bottom face.

Your instructable is very detailed, but I think this step is not easy for beginners to follow. The schematic with the 2 protection diodes is on page 10 in the datasheet, not page 9 and it is difficult for beginners to see how the parts are connected, if they are not used to read datasheets, e.g. the right polarity of electrolytic capacitors and the connection of the LM317. It is not the circuit you are using, but I think this a good example how it could look like: http://laserpointerforums.com/attachments/f42/31562d1298103794-diy-homemade-laser-diode-driver-31410d1297294173-logical-way-setup-2x-lm317-driver-lm317.jpg

This is a very thorough instructables and a very interesting project to introduce younger children to robotics and programming. I love the concept and the idea that you used simple everyday materials for the construction was ingenious!

I hope you get the funding you need to create your kits, I know I will certainly buy two. One for me and one for my sister who is applying for teaching jobs in elementary and high school for technology! She loves these types of things to show the students. She tutors a young girl now and showed her how to make a vibrobot using a toothbrush.